Coryell Medical Reserve Team
| Coryell Medical Reserve Corps is an organization of health care professionals that have volunteered to assist the public safety officials in the county in the regards of public health. We are physicians, pharmacists, veterinarians and nurses. We are EMT's, CNA's, and therapists. We are neighbors. | MISSIONS: currently the CMRT are advisors for the local law enforcement on health related issues. We are also exploring disaster preparation in conjunction with local health agencies. Primarily this mission is LOCAL. Local in this case means the areas where our members live and work. Typically this will be the Gatesville, Waco, Copperas Cove, Killeen, Waco area. We do have mechanisms to assist those in other places, like the Hurricane Katrina disaster. | Right now there is a large influx of persons trying to help.THANK YOU, we will do our best to help you. Right now the Medical Reserve Corps is working with the American Red Cross and the Department of Health and Human Services to deploy medical persons in support of Hurricane Katrina. Right now all of the missions are on the individual, soon there will be a need for the team missions. Join now! Get ready! |
If you have a desire to join, please go to the Coryell County Citizen Corps Application page, and submit it. We will then contact you.
The Coryell Medical Reserve team needs to expand; many of our volunteers are from Waco and from Killeen. In that regard we are considering changing our name to Central Texas Medical Reserve Corps. We will then have the Coryell Medical Reserve Team, Waco Medical Reserve Team, and the Killeen Medical Reserve Team. If you havbe any thoughts regarding this, let me know!!! cccadmin@coryellcitizencorps.org
3/11/08 CMRT is looking at a new "go bag" from propac that costs about $80. There is also a new waterproof jacket/pants combo that we are looking at for the group. It costs about $300 per ensemble, and will have to be purchased by the volunteer.
4/14/07CMRT needs a group of volunteers that will be on call for county authorities for operating a rehab station. This will be done in concert with CERT teams. A good example would have been the issues with people seperated from their family/home. Usually this is a Red Cross type mission, but they tend to be 24 hours late. Coryell County: Taking Care of its Own.
4/3/07CMRT deployed a team of FNP, LVN, and 2 EMT's in support of flash flooding and tornadoes in Coryell County.
3/3/07CMRT qualifies for a new grant: we qwill be getting a 10K grant to fund our recruitment and operational needs. We expect to be able to get 5.11 gear for providers and nursing; as well as polos and JOB workshirts; and a few GO bags; as well as fit out a module for a POD. (place of dispensing) for the strategic national stockpile.
10/7/05 We have had some very active nurses. We have had an RN in Nagadoches for 5 days working in a special needs shelter, we have had 4 nurses in Houston, until it was evacuated. This past weekend we had a pair of LVN's and a paramedic helping in the special needs shelter in Waco VA. We also have to remember our EMt's, LVN's and RN's that were helping with evacuee's from Katrina in Killen and Copperas Cove.
10/12/05 Our largest supporter for the Hurricane efforts by our volunteers has of course been our volunteers themselves. They have donated freely of their time and of themselves. Second to that we must not the efforts of an Australian Company that is working with the University of Queensland, Biocenturion. They have sent cell phones that are loaded with a software package that allows our medical providers to access patient data and record patient data, to include high quality digital phot and video, and allow it to be accessed via the internet. This allows the nurse seeing a patient in one location, to get the advice of the physician who may be miles away. We have been working with them ever since the Hurricane(s) struck. We have been using them already, but are expecting to get full capability realized in a few days. We will send the set up phones to the MRC's in Houston and Atlanta, because they are seeing the bulk of the evacuees.
10/12/05 We are still having volunteers help out. three nurses are assisting in the special needs shelters in Waco and Marlin VA Hospitals. I am still seeing a number of evacuees in Killeen and Copperas Cove area. Most of these are from New Orleans area, and still need assistance.
10/17/05 The latest update of STORMMEDIC is coming together nicely; although we are sending our donated phones to FORCES MRC, we can still access and use the system by installing the software on your own personal phone. Just e-mail the administrator, and we will get you set up. Remember, you do need a JAVA capable cell phone, with camera/video capability. THANKS!!